President Joe Biden said that Saudi Arabia will face consequences for cutting oil production.
The White House was enraged by the announcement that the group of oil producing nations would reduce oil production by two million barrels a day.
Saudi Arabia and Russia are two of the biggest oil producers in the world, as well as numerous other oil- producing countries.
There is less supply that causes prices to go up.
"There's going to be some consequences for what they've done with Russia," Biden said in an interview.
I won't get into what I would consider and what I have in mind. There will be repercussions.
The relationship between Biden and Saudi Arabia was rocky.
The alliance between the two nations has become more strained. Issues include Saudi human-rights abuses, including the killing of a journalist, and US support for a nuclear deal with Iran.
At a time when the US and Western nations are trying to punish Russia for invading Ukraine, an increase in oil prices benefits Russia.
The White House responded to the news of the cuts last week by saying that it was clear that the group was aligning with Russia.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the US warned Saudi Arabia that it would be seen as siding with Russia if it cut production.
Russia praised the cuts in oil production targets by the group.
The foreign minister of Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that the decision to join the group was for economic reasons.
Biden's stance on Saudi Arabia is very different from his previous engagement with the Kingdom.
The US needs to rethink its relationship with Saudi Arabia, which gets a lot of military assistance from the US, according to some Democrats.
John Kirby said on Tuesday that Biden was willing to start re-examining the relationship immediately.
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